The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-15
OUR ANCESTORS, JUBILEE.
Philadelphia's Cons titusionai Celebratfon and
Procession One Husdred Years Ago.

The procession began its march at $50 A. NJ.
| Maj. PhilD Pancake led the way with twelve
| axemen dressed in white frocks with black Cir
dies and ornamented caps. and Captain Miles fol-
| lowed with the First City Troop. Then. came
| john Nixon, who represented Independence He
| was on horseback, bearing the staff and cap of
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four guns traied after, and then rode Thomas
Fitzsimmons on horse formerly be.
longing to Count Rochambeau. carrying a
flag of white silk, bearing shree fieurs de lis and
thirteen stars united. in symbol of the French
alliance of Feb 6, IT'S. Then marched corps
manding. with the First Regiment colors
George Clymer rode next, carving q staff
adorned with olive and laurel, supporting the
words Third of September, 1888" represent
ing the treaty of peace. Col John Shea fol-
lowed with another flag of blue, which
washington, the Friend of his Country" was
light Dragons, Major W. Jackson commanding,
followed. Mr.. Richard Bache came next on
horseback as herald proclaimiug new era
From his heralds staff hung the words New
Era" and the following lines:
Peace Ger land her olive wand extends
And white-robed nncce from heaven descends;
The crimes and frauds of anarchy shall fai;
Returning just;ce lifts again her scale
Peter Muhlenberg rode after with blue flag
bearing. in silver letters. Seventeenth OF Sep
tember, 1857. the date of the signing of the
constitution by members of the convention.
Then came a band playing march specially
composed by Alexander Reinagle.
1.-THE Constitution folio wed. Chief Justice
Mexican, Judge Alice and Judge Rush, in their
robes of Office sat in "lofty ornamented car
in the form of large eagle drawn by six horses,
bearing the Constitution framed and fixed on q
staff crowned with cap of liberty, the words,
The People in gold letters on the staff imme-
diately under the Constitution"
Then came another corps of light infantry,
Captain HeySham commanding, and next
walked ten gentlemen arm in arm. each bearing
a flag with the name of the State he represented.
Colonel William Williams, who followed them.
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horseback in armor, with the arms OF the United
States smblazoned his shield. Captain
James Morris followed with the Montgomery
troops of light horse Next WAS ornamented
car. dragged by four horses. containing consus
and representatives of the foreign countries in
alliance with the United States-France, United
Netherlands Sweden, Prussia and Morocco.
The Admiralty Court followed, and its APP
pearance must have been truly i'm pressive. First
came the registers clerk, humbly bearing one
OF those green bags which dinner bound lawyers
to-day display every afternoon on their way up
town. The bag was crammed with parchment
After the clerk came Judge Hopkinson. to whose
observation Americans of to-day are indebted
for their knowledge of this procession. The Hon.
Francis wore In his bat, as he himself minusely
describes, "a gold anchor, pendant on green
ribbon" After him walked James Reed,
register, silver pen IT his hat; and following
Still. came Clement Biddle, carrying silver
oar adorned with green rbands.' The wardens
of the port, the tonnage officer, the collector of
the customs and naval officer all walked next
and then there passed a most pleasing spectacle
of peace-Peter Boynton as citizen and Col.
Isaac Melchor as an Indian chief, smoking the
calumet of peace in a carriage The Berks
county rroopn came next, Capt. William Strub-
ing commanding
sion, which will be reproduced on next Thurs
day, followed One may easily fancy the digni
fed citizens shaking their powdered queues in
admiration as it passed. This was 1.-The Now
Roof, or Grand Federal Edifce," carriage
drawn by ten white horses. Thirteen columns.
the number of the colonies. supported dome
tal sit nr1, <1vn
had then accepted the Constitution, so that three
of the columns were left unfinished. Above the
dome rose cupola surmouuted by figure of
Plenty. The words I'm union tho fabric stands
firm" surrounded the pedestal of the whole
structure. The floor of the "Grand Edi6ce,"
held ten chairs, occupied by gentlemen who fig
ured as representatives of the whole people, to
whose assent the ratification of the Constitution
due When the sGrand Edifce" arrived at
Union Green, the ten gentlemen who had
marched ahead, representing the ten ratifying
States, entered the temple and hung their flags
on the ten columns.
After this great float" as we would call it
Society OF Cincinnati and military officers, q
corps of light infantry with the standard of the
Fifth Regiment Captain Rose commanding, farm
ers with plows, millers and then the Manufact-
uring Society, with a carriage thirty feet long
covered with white cotton, and bearing q
machine that could card the enormous quantity
of fifty pounds day, and spinning machine
drawing cotton suitable for fine jeans or federal
rib" lace loom and loom with fly shuttle.
were also on the car Behind was Hewson's
machine printing chintZ, with Mrs. Hewson and
her four daughters "all dressed in cottons of
their manufacture" Then came another
corps of light infantrywth the colors of the Sixth
Regiment, the Marine Society. with ten captains,
each representing a ratitying State. and eighty
nine members bearing spy glasses.
Commerce was represented by the "FeGeral
ship Union" mounting twenty guns, COM
manded by John Green Pilots, ship builders,
sail-makers, ship-carpenters, rope-makers and
ship-chanders and merchants and trades
marched after ship, which built in four
days. Cord WAIVERS. coach -painters, cabinet
makers, brick -makers, painters, porters, clock
makers, fringe and ribbon weavers, brick
layers, tailors, instrument-makers, turner's,
spinning wheel makers, carvers, gilders. coopers,
pane-nakers, whip and cane manufacturers,
blacksmiths asmiths nailers. coach makers,
potters, hatters wheelwrights, tin plate work
ers; skinners. breeches- makers glovers, tallow-
chambers. victualers and printers marched af-
terward by hundreds. each trade bearing with
it machinery and tools actually used, as wei! az
symbolic designs. The printers had with them
q stage nine feet square bearing printing
press, and Mr. Durant in the character of Mer-
curry, in a white dress. ornamented with red
ribbons, having real wings affixed to his head
and feet. and garland of red and blue flowers
around his temples During the procession the
pressmep struck off and threw broadcast the ode.
written by Judge Hopkinson.
Then followed sadders, stonecutters bread
ard bscuit-makers, gunsmltns coppersmiths,
eoldsmiths, silversmiths, jewelers., distiers, to-
baccouists. brass-founders, stocking manufact-
urers tanners and curriers'. upholsters, sugar
re6ners, brewers, peruke-makers. barber-sur-
geons. engrayers. plasterers, brush makers and
stay makers. Behind these civil and mil
itary officers of Congress. the supreme execu-
tive council of Pennsylvania. Justices of
mon pleas and magistrates sheriff and coroner,
board of city wa-dens, city treasurer. clerks of
the markets. constable of the watch, music,
forty watch men. Waterman calling '.Ten
o'clock and glorious straight morning." the
street commissioners, the members of the bar,
headed by Edward Shipper and William Brad
ford; the clergy of all denomn atoms. the college
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other schools, and last of all the county troop
of lighthouse, Major MACPHERSON, command
ing.
All this made line mile and half long.
The distance marched three milss ana it
was 1890 when the 1900 people in the pro-
cession and following it reached Bush Hill
The banquet at Bush Hill was thought sump-
tuous then. Cold meat and bread were spread
upon wooden tables arranged in a circle. in the
center of which the Grand Edfce' had been
placed. Ten toasts were drank. each toast be-
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